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By Briana and Will
October 12th 2008

CANTERBURY TALES

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Canterbury Cathedral

Hi again everyone! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you at home; we wish we could be there to share in a fantastic turkey dinner! The two of us are doing well. We're busy with work, as usual, and counting down the days until our first half-term break which is in two weeks. Yesterday we ventured to Canterbury, a city in Kent in the south east of England. We began our day at 7:30am by grabbing a coffee and hopping on a train to London. From London we took a National Express coach bus to Canterbury, arriving in Canterbury just before 11:30am. [View Full Entry]

By chrisj
October 12th 2008

Etihad, Maidstone and a Pint of Cider

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I have landed in London after an energy-sapping flight with Etihad Airways. I'm not sure I would fly with this airline again having endured 25 hours of poor quality food, a malfunctioning entertainment system and a general lack of service. There is a massive difference in quality between Etihad and Emirates (the airline I flew with last year). I get the impression that Etihad do things on the cheap (one flight attendant wheeling the trolley and serving) as opposed to two on Emirates (and most other airlines). The entertainment system became a focal point of my frustration. Constant 'reboots [View Full Entry]

By Squashedpossum
October 10th 2008

First things first ...

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Bev celebrates getting the bed to herself for a couple of weeks!

This Blog starts in darkest Kent. It's Abi's 14th birthday while we're away so we've marked it with a Chinese Takeaway and a Smarties cake. Still some packing to do, or more precisely, not do as I'm a few kg's over the baggage limit. Come to think of it, I'm a few kg's over my ideal weight too! Our answer to Jetlag across 12 time zones is to stay up all night, sleep in, and motor down to Heathrow in the afternoon. That's the theory ... [View Full Entry]

By Crance
October 10th 2008

Couple of nights before i left home!!

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Eugiene..

Just thought i'd add these pictures found them on my camera quite funny me thinks.. [View Full Entry]

By Su Arnall
September 22nd 2008

Back in England...

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Beautiful Golfo Dulce water - I miss it!!

Hello! Well I got back yesterday morning after 22 terrible hours of travelling. I'm now in Bexley fighting the jetlag and eating all the food I've missed over the last month, mainly chocolate, toast and pasta salads! The first 14 pictures are of Heredia, the place we went to either end of the project and our project site, in the Osa Peninsula. Golfo Dulce is the name of the water that we were right by. I've put up some photos of our cabin, the scenery etc. I've just realised I don't have many photos of the group of people I was [View Full Entry]

One of our lovely army poison dart frogs

One of the many toads that we lived with for the first two weeks!

By mecllap
September 16th 2008

Sept 11 Chartwell and Hever Castle and Sept 12

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England, Chartwell and Hever Castle, Sept. 11, 2008 Loaded up again and onto another bus; finally have our Tour Director on “Day 4” of this tour (first two days were travel days for most tourites). Seems like a larger group, but maybe it's a smaller bus, or something. Many women traveling singly, and couple of sisters/friends, and a few couples. Average age probably higher, only one rather younger person. We took a circuitous route of London, scheduled take-off was 8:15, but the first place we were going to wasn't open yet really when we got there. It was Chartwell, Churc [View Full Entry]

By Hilda
September 15th 2008

We're off again

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Hello Subscribers to the H & H Blog, Contrary to popular belief, we have not fallen off the end of the earth! We’ve been at home for 12 weeks and it has been like having a full time job. By the end of our first week at home I had handed my notice in to the Children & Young People’s Service. I think that we had both decided by the end of 2007 that going back into in to the bungalow, going back to work and returning to our previous life style, was not going to be an option we wanted [View Full Entry]

By the K family
September 13th 2008

Dragon Boat Racing :Keenen Family Blog

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keenen Family Blog: A school fundraiser turned out to be one of our greatest days yet. The Dragon Boat racing commenced at 10:00am and continued on until about 5:00. We had unbelievable weather and our racing times were pretty good as well. The kids are back to school . CAK is in year 2 now and JAK has joined him at his school in the reception class. She loves it. Especially the uniform. JAK is about to begin ballet again for her second year and CAK is doing well on his U-7 rugby squad. The kids are still doing well, but [View Full Entry]

By The Johnson Five
September 8th 2008

Edward's First Day at School

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Today Edward started in reception class at his new school - Slade Primary in Tonbridge. For the first week he is attending 8.45AM to 12.00PM and then he will switch to full time thereafter. His new teacher is called Miss Munro. He was escorted to school by his proud parents and supportive brothers. Conditions were a fair 15 degrees celcius and overcast. A few highlights from the man himself:- 1. I did painting 2. I did putting hands in the paint 3. I played outside with Theo on the pirate ship. Playing pirates or something. 4. I didn't do anything else. [View Full Entry]

By drbexl
September 6th 2008

Manor Time is Here Again

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The publicity for "my" book (contribution to) is out...

Text to come [View Full Entry]

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